Population growth and its impact on land uses (service and entertainment) for the city of Khanaqin for the period 1997-2021

After the change of the political landscape and the emergence of the city as an attractive pole for the population and the increase in the size of its population, the area of ​​​​this use has developed significantly, until it reached an area in 2021 (186 hectares²), with an increase of (126 hectares²) over the year 1997, with a rate of (9.7%) of the area of ​​​​the global city and (3.6%) of the total area of ​​the city, and the reason for this large increase is due to the opening of service institutions belonging to the Kurdistan Regional Government after 2003 in the field of educational services (all educational stages from kindergarten to higher education), in addition to the opening of administrative departments as well as the departments of the central government In addition to increasing the area of ​​health services through the establishment of health centers in some residential neighborhoods, especially in the suburbs of the city. The size of the spatial change for service use during the period 1997-2021 was (+67.7%). As for recreational land uses, the planners suggested that their percentage in the city should not be less than 10% of the area of ​​the global city, and it appears that there are fundamental differences between the cities of the world, as the area is low in Iraqi cities, although it is planned in the basic design, but the green spaces are neglected and devoured in a way Random other uses such as residential and commercial. Recreational land uses in the city of Khanaqin had an area of ​​(10 hectares²) for the year 1997, with a ratio of (1.4%) of the built-up city area and (0.5%) of the total city area. While its area increased after 2005 as a result of the increase in the size of the city’s population through the return of the original residents of the city previously deported as well as the displaced from other areas during the study period until its population in 2021 reached (80207) people, and in 2010 its area reached (30 hectares²) with an increase Its amount is (20 hectares²) compared to the previous area, at a rate of (2.7%) of the built-up area and (1.4%) of its total area. In 2021, its area expanded slightly and amounted to (32.6 hectares²), with an increase of (2.6 hectares²) and at rates of (1.7%). The built-up area and (0.6%) of the total city area.